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Convergence and transition paths in transportation: Fresh insights from a club clustering algorithm
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-7292
Abstract This study examines the convergence in global transportation for 102 countries spanning 1990–2018. The econometric convergence method of Phillips and Sul was employed to test club convergence and the modelling of transition paths to convergence. I disaggregated the panel data into five regions, based on the United Nations classification of geographical regions. Transportation infrastructure was constructed by using a composite index of transportation via the principal component analysis/method. Our findings suggest the presence of panel convergence at the global and regional levels (except for Africa, Europe and Oceania, which exhibited divergence). However, I identified different numbers of clubs for the regions using an iterative testing procedure and found that the results could not be generalised across the regions as there were both convergent and divergent clubs. The policy measures on transport infrastructures for the regions are discussed in this study.
Highlights There is conditional convergence of Transportation at global level, while regional levels differ. The countries at global and regional levels exhibited both transition paths above 1 and those below 1. Policies should focus more on idiosyncratic regional factors of the divergent regions. Transportation infrastructures used needs a possible concurrent overhauling policy for clubs that exhibited divergence.
Convergence and transition paths in transportation: Fresh insights from a club clustering algorithm
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-7292
Abstract This study examines the convergence in global transportation for 102 countries spanning 1990–2018. The econometric convergence method of Phillips and Sul was employed to test club convergence and the modelling of transition paths to convergence. I disaggregated the panel data into five regions, based on the United Nations classification of geographical regions. Transportation infrastructure was constructed by using a composite index of transportation via the principal component analysis/method. Our findings suggest the presence of panel convergence at the global and regional levels (except for Africa, Europe and Oceania, which exhibited divergence). However, I identified different numbers of clubs for the regions using an iterative testing procedure and found that the results could not be generalised across the regions as there were both convergent and divergent clubs. The policy measures on transport infrastructures for the regions are discussed in this study.
Highlights There is conditional convergence of Transportation at global level, while regional levels differ. The countries at global and regional levels exhibited both transition paths above 1 and those below 1. Policies should focus more on idiosyncratic regional factors of the divergent regions. Transportation infrastructures used needs a possible concurrent overhauling policy for clubs that exhibited divergence.
Convergence and transition paths in transportation: Fresh insights from a club clustering algorithm
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-7292
Abstract This study examines the convergence in global transportation for 102 countries spanning 1990–2018. The econometric convergence method of Phillips and Sul was employed to test club convergence and the modelling of transition paths to convergence. I disaggregated the panel data into five regions, based on the United Nations classification of geographical regions. Transportation infrastructure was constructed by using a composite index of transportation via the principal component analysis/method. Our findings suggest the presence of panel convergence at the global and regional levels (except for Africa, Europe and Oceania, which exhibited divergence). However, I identified different numbers of clubs for the regions using an iterative testing procedure and found that the results could not be generalised across the regions as there were both convergent and divergent clubs. The policy measures on transport infrastructures for the regions are discussed in this study.
Highlights There is conditional convergence of Transportation at global level, while regional levels differ. The countries at global and regional levels exhibited both transition paths above 1 and those below 1. Policies should focus more on idiosyncratic regional factors of the divergent regions. Transportation infrastructures used needs a possible concurrent overhauling policy for clubs that exhibited divergence.
Convergence and transition paths in transportation: Fresh insights from a club clustering algorithm
Saba, Charles Shaaba (author)
Transport Policy ; 112 ; 80-93
2021-08-16
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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